Student leader calls governor a “pathological
liar.”
Some students of Olabisi Onabanjo University,
Ago- Iwoye, Ogun State, on Thursday marched on
the Ogun State Government House in Oke-mosan,
Abeokuta, to protest what they described as a
“tactical and jamboree deduction of increased
school fees”.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered from the protesting
students that Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s
“jamboree” reduction of the university’s tuition
fee was from about N192, 000 to about N176,000.
However, the Ogun State Commissioner for
Education, Science, and Technology, Segun
Odubela had while announcing the reduction on
Tuesday said medical students of Olabisi
Onabanjo University, OOU,, who are currently
paying N301,610 will henceforth pay N176,596
from next session, representing a 41.4 per cent
reduction.
Mr. Odubela said students of the Faculty of Arts in
the same university will be paying N81,112
instead of the current fee of N126,540, a 35.9 per
cent reduction.
Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES on phone, Falola
Ahmed, the leader of the Ogun State chapter of
the National Association of Nigerian Student,
NANS, described Mr. Amosun as “a pathological
liar” who wanted to use the “tactical deduction” to
score cheap political goals.
“The governor has been making political
statements about the fees he reduced, but this is
a jamboree reduction, it is a tactical deduction. If
he must reduce the tuition fee, he must reduce it
to the minimum affordable to the people of Ogun
State,” Mr. Ahmed said.
“As we speak, over 1,000 students of OOU are
presently on their way to Oke Mosan to protest.
We want Ibukunle Amosun to be sincere and stop
media lies. He should fix the laboratories in the
school.”
He alleged that the governor had organised an
opposing group, composed of students of
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, who would
visit the Government House by 1 p.m. for a “thank
you visit.” He also claimed that the governor paid
the MAPOLY students N500 each.
“The clashes will start between the aggrieved and
the hired,” he stated.
Another student leader, who gave his name as
Success, said the students were revolting
following a directive that the reduction in school
fees would be implemented next session.
“The school fees have been reduced by mere talk
and not implementation. The implementation is
billed for next session. We want it implemented
now because it is a political gimmick,” Success
said.

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